intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
complete change; about-face
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
society; public; community; social studies
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to wring the neck; to strangle
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
difficult problem; challenge
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
entry; approach; penetration
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
strong interaction; strong force
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
thought; consideration; thinking
output (electrical, signal, etc.)